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Samc
Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 11:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It seems like it should be practical to drill and tap the primary to relocate the drain to a place where I can reach it without dropping the muffler; probably encourage frequent changes, in fact. Has anybody done this, and where? I was thinking of the thick boss next to the tension shoe mounting, which is amply thick and should accept a drain plug from a big twin primary just fine. Unfortunately, it's not the lowest spot in the primary so some old oil and crud would always stay behind. Any suggestions on a better location? I suppose I could pull the primary and look, lots of fun; it's easier to ask the question. Nothing helpful turned up with a search.
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Stevem123
Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 01:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I did that on my S3T and it's worked out just fine. I put it in the thick part just behind the chain tensioner and as far back as possible.

BC Steve
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 01:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wouldn't it be more easy to modify the muffler?
You know like putting a dent in it with a hammer?
The "new" 2000 X1,M2 mufflers already had this dent.
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Blake
Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 02:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

In the future please post topics like this to the applicable topic in the Knowledge Vault. We'll be moving this one there soon. Thanks for helping to get BadWeB organized. : )

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Jackbequick
Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 08:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I made a small catch pan/oil draining funnel out of a plastic gas antifreeze bottle. I can put that under the drain plug, back it out with a racheting box end, and about 95% of the oil winds up in a drain can. I clean any oil off the muffler with aerosol parts cleaner when I'm done. It maybe adds a few minutes to getting the drain plug out but it is a lot faster than pulling the muffler off.

Jack
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Samc
Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 10:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

problem solved; thanks, Stevem. With the V&H muffler there's no room, none, to get the drain out, and it'd have to be a serious dent. The V&H is a wide, flat oval, interferes more than the stock.

I drilled and tapped a 1/8 npt hole between the tensioner and the rear of those two bigger bolts that go in where the Sportster footpeg mounts; it's about 1/2" thick there. Screwed in a big twin drain plug, voila! Drains on the sidestand.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 11:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ahh you have a V&H. I had to help my friend with his M2. Those things are EVIL to work on.
I thought you were talking about the old "pep boys" muffler that didn't have a dent in it.
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